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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Sciutto) The debate over whether the prisoners from the war in Afghanistan being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are "unlawful combatants" ("detainees") or prisoners of war examined; details given of Secretary of State Colin Powell's position calling for a review of their status. [Senator James INHOFE - says Guantanamo Bay conditions are good.] [Amnesty International United States of America William SCHULZ - wonders about the United States position.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(White House: John Yang) The nine-month struggle between Vice President Dick Cheney and the General Accounting Office over access to records of the energy task force Cheney headed as part of the Enron investigation examined. [Senator Byron DORGAN - says this is about open government.] [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - defends the right of the president to conduct reviews.] [The Cook Political Report Charlie COOK - says the White House will have to open the documents.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Cheney's appearance on "This Week" tomorrow noted.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) President Bush's preview of his State of the Union Address mentioned.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Friday's test of a rocket for the missile defense system reported.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Guantanamo, Cuba: Jeffrey Kofman) Support from Cuba's President Fidel Castro for the United States detention camp at Guantanamo Bay featured; details given of statements from Cuban army head Raoul Castro about a rapprochement with the US. [University of Miami North-South Center Max CASTRO - says Cuba is sensing an opening.] [Illinois Governor George RYAN - questions the embargo against Cuba.] [Former United States diplomat Wayne SMITH - talks about steps towards normalizing relations.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) This week's visit to the United States by Afghanistan leader Hamid Karzai, who will seek a commitment from the United States to rebuild his war-torn country, previewed.
(Kandahar: Bob Woodruff) The rebuilding of Afghanistan's army featured; scenes shown of ragtag fighters being drilled and of weapons turned over to the new government. [SOLDIER - (thru translator) says American advisers would help.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Pakistan's call for talks to end it standoff with India and Israel's missile strike on eastern Gaza reported; scenes shown of Pakistan's nuclear weapons test.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Statements from former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani that the United States ignored warning signs prior to the September 11 attack reported; scenes shown from Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site in New York City.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(New York: Deborah Amos) The first defection of a professor {Anthony Appiah} from Harvard University's dream team of African-American scholars featured; details given of the troubles at Harvard after President Lawrence Summers criticized professor Cornel West which led to the African-American Studies Department's questioning of Harvard's commitment. [Princeton University provost professor Amy GUTMANN - hopes professors will come to Princeton.] [University of Michigan graduate school dean professor Earl LEWIS - comments.] [Black Harvard STUDENT - praises West.] [Stanford University Hoover Institution professor Shelby STEELE - asks if blacks are "untouchable."] The carrying on of the race debate in newspapers, television and the Internet noted. "[National Journal" Stuart TAYLOR - comments on the "pampered blacks" at Harvard.] [January 9, civil right activist Al SHARPTON - says the issue is affirmative action.] [Fisk University Race Relations Institution professor Raymond WINBUSH - says Summers blinked.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The point of view of Bethesda, Maryland, National Naval Medical Center chief of infectious diseases Dr. Greg Martin about the anthrax outbreak in Congress presented. [MARTIN - talks about the unexpected nature of anthrax in a civilian setting in which the Senate staffers were terrified; shows the growth of the anthrax colonies; says we don't know how effective the vaccine has been; cites the vulnerability the next time there is an attack.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Gizbert) The death in the zoo in Kabul, Afghanistan, of Marjan, the one-eyed lion, featured; scenes shown of the zoo animals who were mistreated during the long wars. [World Society for the Protection of Animals John WALSH - says the lion symbolizes the suffering of the country.]
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